Lenten sweet dishes. Lenten desserts

Recipes for very tasty and healthy lean sweets: homemade halva, nuts and dried fruit candies, sesame cakes, lean baking, sorbets and smoothies.

How to make a lean dessert? In those families where fasts are strictly adhered to - Dormition, Rozhdestvensky, Great (before Easter), this issue is invariably relevant: especially if there are children in the house. After all, without sweets, breakfast is not breakfast, and lunch is not lunch.

Lean sweets do not contain animal fats: eggs, milk, butter... They are prepared from natural, useful products... We will share with you recipes for wonderful desserts that you can pamper your loved ones during the fast.

Lenten sweets: recipes

Hand-made halva is much tastier and healthier than the one sold in stores. Homemade halva is not given sweetness by sugar, but by honey, raisins, dried apricots. It is prepared from sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and various nuts - this is the beauty: you can take peanuts, walnuts, almonds, pistachios, cashews. Such a dessert will retain all the benefits and unforgettable aroma of roasted nuts.

You will need: 500 g of any nuts or sunflower seeds, 300 g of honey, 1 glass of raisins, 3 tablespoons of unrefined sunflower oil.

Fry the nuts in a dry skillet until golden brown, then chop until fine-grained with a food processor or blender. Add raisins to the nuts and continue grinding. Mix raisins and nuts with butter and add melted honey to the nut butter. Ready halva can be laid out on a baking sheet, smoothed, and when it cools down, cut into squares, or put in silicone molds, tamp it with your hands and wait until it hardens completely. You will get a beautiful curly halva.

Sorbet is a light, refreshing dessert, the most dietary type of ice cream, without milk and fat. This delicacy is made from fruit or berry puree, with the addition of sugar syrup, citrus or cherry juice. The beauty is that you can use whatever berries and fruits you like - raspberries, currants, banana, melon, pineapple, orange. Sorbets are served in beautiful transparent glasses or multi-colored bowls.

Kiwi sorbet

You will need: 7 small kiwis, liquid honey and lime juice (3 tablespoons each).
Remove the skin from the kiwi, cut into slices and refrigerate for a couple of hours. After freezing, mix the fruit with honey and lime juice, beat with a mixer and serve immediately.

Strawberry sorbet

You will need: 400 to fresh strawberries, 3 tablespoons of honey, half a lemon and 50 ml of water.
Dissolve honey over low heat in water and boil until bubbles appear on the surface. While the liquid is cooling, cut the berries into wedges and pour over the lemon juice. Then chop the strawberries in a blender, combine with the cooled syrup and send to the freezer. Garnish with berry wedges and mint leaves before serving.

3. Desserts from nuts and dried fruits

The combination of sweet dried fruits and aromatic nuts is always a winning one. Both are very helpful. Both are high in calories, but in reasonable quantities they are even recommended for people who have extra pounds, as they can pacify increased appetite and improve metabolism.

You will need: dried apricots, dates, cashews, sesame seeds - 100 g each, a handful of raisins and 50 g cashews to decorate the dessert.

Dry the nuts in the oven or fry in a pan until golden brown, and then grind in a blender until flour. Lightly fry the sesame seeds in another skillet. Rinse raisins, dates and dried apricots well and soak in warm water. Remove seeds from dates. Mix the ground cashews with dried fruits and grind in a blender until smooth. Use your hands to form balls of nut-fruit paste, roll in sesame seeds and garnish with cashew nuts on top.

You will need: 200 g of any nuts, 200 g of prunes, 170 g of dried cranberries, 50 g of brown sugar or powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder.

First, grind the nuts and pour 30 grams into a separate container. Add cranberries, prunes to the rest of the nuts and chop everything together. And now the most interesting thing: with wet hands, form balls the size of a walnut out of the resulting mass, roll each in a sprinkle made from powdered sugar, cocoa powder and the set aside 30 grams of nuts. Put the finished candies in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

4. Lean baked goods

You will need: Brown sugar and water - 1 glass each, cocoa and honey - 2 tablespoons each, 1 teaspoon of soda (or a bag of baking powder), raisins and favorite nuts - 100 g, 100 ml each vegetable oil, cinnamon and nutmeg - a pinch, flour - how much the dough will take, any jam or jam (optional).

Sift the flour. Chop the nuts. Add sugar, honey and vegetable oil to a saucepan with water, put on fire and stir until the sweets dissolve. In another bowl, combine cocoa, a pinch of salt, spices and soda, add the resulting mixture to water and stir well. Gradually add flour, the consistency of the dough should resemble thick sour cream. Pour the dough into a mold lined with baking paper, and send for half an hour to the oven preheated to 200 degrees. The gingerbread can be eaten in this form, but it will be much tastier if you layer it with jam.

Need: 100 g brown sugar, 200 g wheat flour, 100 g of dried apricots, sachet of baking powder, 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 250 ml applesauce, powdered sugar for sprinkling, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, a pinch of salt.

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and finely chopped dried apricots. Combine the applesauce, pre-mixed with vegetable oil, with the dry mixture. Knead the dough. Grease the muffin tins with butter, half-fill each with dough (it will still rise) and bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Decorate the finished muffins with powdered sugar.

5. Fruit cocktails (smoothies)

It is believed that smoothies began to be prepared in Latin America, and in its modern form it appeared on the tables of people obsessed with a healthy lifestyle in California. Smoothie is a thick cocktail made from berries, fruits or vegetables prepared in a blender, with the addition of ice cubes, green tea, spices, etc. The smoothie contains a lot of fiber, so it is very useful for digestion.

Fruit and berry smoothie

You will need: 200 g of frozen raspberries and strawberries, 5 kiwi and 2 tablespoons of liquid honey.

Defrost the berries, beat in a blender: separately raspberries and strawberries separately, add 1 tablespoon of honey to each type of berries. Remove the skin from the kiwi and, like the berries, chop. Place in deep glasses in layers: strawberry, kiwi, raspberry.

You will need: green apple, banana, orange - 1 pc., 4 kiwis, 5 g of fresh ginger, 1 teaspoon of green tea, 2 teaspoons of honey, 200 ml of water.

Cut the banana into slices, wrap in plastic wrap and put in the freezer for half an hour. Squeeze the juice out of the citrus fruits. Prepare green tea, add honey and a slice of fresh ginger to it (can be replaced with a pinch of powder). Add citrus juice and banana to the cooled tea (do not forget to strain), grind with a blender, mix with apples, kiwi cut into slices and grind again.

Vitamin smoothie

You will need: 100 g of frozen strawberries (raspberries, cherries), 1 tablespoon of honey, a large handful of frozen peaches, 3 kiwis, persimmons, an apple and an orange.

Squeeze the juice out of the orange. Peel other fruits from the skin, tails and seeds, cut into slices, send to a blender and chop. Add orange juice, honey to the fruit and berry mass and beat again.

Lenten sweets are simple, beautiful, tasty and healthy! They are pleasing to the eye, uplifting, energizing and have tremendous health benefits.

Arrange a small holiday for your sweet tooth! Enjoy your meal!

Ecology of consumption. New Year- a controversial date for a church-going family. On the one hand, there is a strict fast, on the other, feasts at neighbors and relatives and children, looking with sad eyes at pastries and cakes. On the third, Christmas is ahead, a long-awaited and joyful holiday.

New Year is a controversial date for a church-going family. On the one hand, there is a strict fast, on the other, feasts at neighbors and relatives and children, looking with sad eyes at pastries and cakes. From the third - Christmas is ahead, a long-awaited and joyful holiday. And with the fourth - you can please the kids, respect the mother and treat your friends to delicious, without violating the canon.

We offer you, dear hostesses, 10 recipes for lean, beautiful and festive sweets.

Cashewcake

All the beauty of this cake, which is not even baked, is in cashew nuts, coconut cream and fresh berries... Soak 0.5 kg cashews overnight. In the morning, grind 10 dates in a blender, 150 g of a nut mixture (hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts) with 1 tbsp. l coconut milk, put on a base, lined with cling film. Then grind the cashews with 1 banana, 1 tbsp. l, honey and 1 tbsp. l. coconut milk. Put 2/3 of the cream into the mold. Mix 1/3 with 200 g of bright berries, beat, put on top. Send it to the freezer until evening. Sprinkle before serving coconut flakes and decorate with whatever you like. Delicious to amazement!

Gingerbread

The "trick" of gingerbread is in its wonderful aroma, ease of baking and the ability to play with the recipe. Base - 0.5 kg rye flour mixed with 0.5 kg of honey or sugar syrup and a sachet of baking powder. Then add 2 tablespoons of rum and / or 1 tbsp to the dough to taste. a spoonful of grated ginger, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of citrus zest, 2 tbsp. tablespoons of chopped nuts, seeds, sesame seeds or small candied fruits. The most important thing is a mixture of aromatic spices. Collect star anise, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, nutmeg to your liking. Heat honey, sift flour, mix with baking powder and nuts, knead sticky dough with honey. Roll it into a layer 1-1.5 cm thick, cut out the figures, bake. Ready-made gingerbread should stand (hang on the tree) for at least 24 hours, otherwise they will be tough.

Kozinaki

Uncomplicated, cheap and loved by children homemade treat... You will need 200 g of granulated sugar, 2-4 tbsp. l. water, 1 tsp. lemon juice, 100 g sunflower seeds or sesame seeds, walnuts, peanut or almond to taste. Fry seeds or nuts until golden brown. Prepare a form for kozinaki, line it with parchment paper and grease with oil. Cook caramel in a frying pan from sugar, water and lemon juice, until a beautiful weak coffee color. Add filler, stir very quickly and pour into mold. When the treat begins to harden, make cuts on the soft surface so that it is more convenient to break into portioned pieces... And help yourself to your health!

Jelly

Light, beautiful and infinitely varied dessert. If you simplify the task and use ready-made bags, even a dad or a schoolchild can cope. If you follow the example of grandmothers and boil currants or quince with sugar, it will come out original. And the golden mean is an agar-agar base, natural dye(beetroot, raspberry, cherry, spinach, carrot, turmeric, saffron juice), fruit, berry or mixed filler and decor - mint leaves, whole berries, vegetable cream, sprinkles or topping. Soak 4 tsp. agar-agar, add a glass of water, a glass of sugar, bring to a boil, boil for 30 seconds, turn off, add dye, syrup and / or filler, pour into molds, put in the refrigerator, take out and decorate after 6-8 hours. Voila!

Fruit salad

Dietary, tasty and healthy dish... Feature - a combination of tastes and consistency of different components. Soft bananas and grainy pear pieces, slippery pineapple and sticky dates, delicate persimmons and crunchy apples. Sour kiwi and sweet plum, rich citruses and calm blueberries, spicy raspberries and exotic mango. You can add nuts, candied fruits, seeds, grated chocolate, sprinkle with coconut or corn flakes(before serving), add vanilla or cinnamon. The quick version is made from whipped cream or sour cream with sugar, in the lean version - from syrup, vegetable or coconut cream.

Lollipops

Yes, yes, those same cockerels on a stick that gypsies sold in parks (it was strictly forbidden to buy them!). The recipe is as elementary as the alphabet. Prepare and grease the molds (boxes from curly chocolates, metal lids from cans, etc. are suitable), make "legs" out of matches or toothpicks. Boil the syrup - 10 tbsp. l. sugar for 10 tbsp. l. water + 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice + natural food coloring. When a drop of syrup begins to solidify in water, you're done. Pour into molds, insert "legs", let cool - and feel like happy little ones.

Homemade sweets

Or rather, sweet balls, indian recipe... You will need a blender (as a last resort, a meat grinder), viscous moderately juicy dried fruits (dates, dried apricots, prunes, raisins), honey (1 tablespoon per 300 g of the mixture), sprinkling (sesame seeds, coconut flakes, cocoa powder, grated nuts) and filling (slices of banana, candied citrus or melon, whole almonds, hazelnuts). Grind 300 g of peeled dried fruits by adding honey and (if the mixture is too crumbly) a quarter of a banana. With your hands moistened with water, sculpt balls the size of a walnut, flatten them into a cake, put the filling in the middle, roll them up, roll them in sprinkles, put them on a baking sheet covered with foil or parchment, put them in the refrigerator for 4-6 hours. And now - winter is all around, and Calcutta is on the table!

Charlotte

This recipe breaks templates - how is it, charlotte - and no eggs ?! However, mashed banana or half a glass of freshly squeezed banana, apple, quince or pear juice will perfectly perform the role of eggs. Cut 3 sour apples into thin slices, mix in a blender a glass of sugar, 150 ml of refined oil, a pinch of salt, a thickener (juice or banana) until the sugar is completely dissolved, then gradually add sifted flour, baking powder and vanillin to the dough. Put the apples in a greased dish, fill with dough and bake like a regular charlotte. That is what the pets will be surprised!

Marzipan

Remember the Nutcracker and the marzipan sweets you could only dream of? It turns out that these adorable and funny edible toys are easy to make at home. Soak 200 g of almonds in the evening, chop in a blender, mix with 100 g of powdered sugar, 2 tbsp. l. hot water and a drop of almond essence or a teaspoon of rum or brandy. Knead the almond dough. And feel like a magic pastry chef - marzipan can be mixed with nuts, raisins, candied fruits, small pieces of chocolate, sprinkled with poppy seeds, coconut flakes, cocoa powder, dyed with natural food coloring and glaze "under the snow". Anything can be made of plastic mass - craftsmen build castles, build carriages and build ships. And you can make a fruit, a rose, a pig or a lamb. And at the same time - something for the Christmas table - marzipan can be stored for up to two months.

Caramelized apples

Great piece treat - perfect for children's day birth. Take 600 g of small apples, cook for 5 minutes, drain and leave to dry. You can blot with a cloth. Make a syrup from 300 ml of sugar and half a glass of water, when the drop begins to thicken in water - dip the apples, carefully dip them on all sides, take them out and put them on the parchment to dry. Stick a "leg" into each apple. Melt a bar of chocolate in a water bath, dip the semi-finished product, sprinkle with coconut or sesame seeds. Ready!

Sweet holidays to you! published

Not everyone can live without sweets by fasting. In addition, sweets are often not prohibited. The main thing is to prepare such lean desserts that do not contain products that are prohibited to be consumed in Petrovsky, Rozhdestvensky, Uspensky or Great Lent.
That is why this category was created. Here are collected interesting lean desserts with photographs that are made from simple ingredients... Each housewife will be able to repeat many of them at home.
Many people come up with recipes for lean desserts themselves. When you want something sweet, fruits, dark chocolate, cocoa, nuts, jams and sugar can be used to create many interesting desserts for the fast. And if imagination is not enough, our section will help you with this.
Do not forget to leave your comments, the authors of the recipes are very pleased to receive your opinions on the recipe. Also in the comments you can ask questions if something is not clear.

16.05.2018

Lean pancakes with whole grain flour

Ingredients: warm water, wheat flour, whole grain flour, sugar, salt, soda, vinegar, vegetable oil

Pancakes are always delicious, even if they are lean pancakes... It is with such people that we want to introduce you today. Their highlight is that they are made from whole grain flour in a company with wheat, that's why they turn out to be very interesting.

Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups warm water;
- 0.5 cups wheat flour;
- 0.5 cups of whole grain flour;
- 1.5 cups of sugar;
- 2 pinches of salt;
- 0.5 tsp soda;
- 1 tbsp. vinegar;
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil.

24.04.2018

Blueberry lean ice cream

Ingredients: blueberries, sugar, water, lime

Very often I make delicious berry ice cream for my homemade ones. Today I suggest you try a delicious lean ice cream with blueberries and lime.

Ingredients:

- 200 grams of blueberries,
- 70 grams of sugar
- 100 grams of water,
- half a lime.

03.03.2018

Quick Lean Jam Pie

Ingredients: flour, jam, vegetable oil, water, baking powder, sugar

Lenten Pie with jam will appeal not only to those who fast. It turns out to be so delicious that you will never think that it contains neither butter, nor eggs, nor sour cream. And his recipe is simple and quick, which is also a plus, right?

Ingredients:
- wheat flour - 500 gr;
- fruit jam - 150 gr;
- vegetable oil - 100 gr;
- water - 100 gr;
- baking powder - 7 g;
- sugar - 100 gr.

21.02.2018

Fried bananas in a pan

Ingredients: water, sugar, oil, banana

If you really want to try unusual dessert then cook these delicious easy-to-cook fried bananas.

Ingredients:

- 30 ml. water,
- 3-4 tbsp. Sahara,
- 40 grams of butter,
- 2 bananas.

31.12.2017

Pumpkin baked in the oven with wedges

Ingredients: pumpkin, sugar, cinnamon, ginger

All pumpkin lovers will love our today's recipe, in which we propose to bake a ginger beauty with slices in the oven - with sugar, cinnamon and ginger. It will be tasty, beautiful and healthy!

Ingredients:
- butternut pumpkin - 1 kg;
- sugar - 3-4 tablespoons;
- ground cinnamon - 1-2 tsp;
- ground ginger - 0.5 tsp.

18.12.2017

Simple and delicious baked apples in the oven

Ingredients: apples, sugar

There are probably few gourmets who would not love juicy baked apples. For all its wonderful taste, this dessert is also healthy and not high-calorie, which allows you to use it in almost unlimited quantities!

Ingredients:

- apples - several pieces;
- granulated sugar;
- powdered sugar.

16.12.2017

Lush pancakes on the water

Ingredients: flour, water, lemon acid, salt, sugar, soda, vinegar, vegetable oil

If you are fasting but do not want to deny yourself delicious dishes, then we advise you to cook pancakes in water - they turn out to be as lush as those made with kefir. Well, delicious, of course!

Ingredients:
For 12 pancakes:
- flour - 250 gr;
- water - 200 ml;
- citric acid - 1 pinch;
- salt - 1 pinch;
- sugar - 1 tablespoon Sahara;
- soda - 1 tsp;
- vinegar - 1 tsp;
- vegetable oil - 4-5 tbsp. l.

13.11.2017

Candied ginger at home

Ingredients: ginger, water, sugar, powdered sugar, star anise

Candied ginger is used in baking, they decorate dishes, add to hot drinks: tea, coffee, mulled wine, milk. Ginger candied fruits are excellent in the fight against colds.

Ingredients:

- water;
- sugar;
- ginger;
- a few star anise stars;
- icing sugar - 2 tablespoons

06.11.2017

Baked pumpkin with honey in the oven

Ingredients: pumpkin, orange, honey, ground cinnamon

We offer a recipe for a very tasty dessert - pumpkin baked in the oven with cinnamon, orange and honey. A wonderful dessert for adults and children is prepared simply, as you can see for yourself by reading our recipe.

Ingredients:
- 500 grams of pumpkin,
- 2 tablespoons of honey,
- half of an orange fruit,
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon.

05.11.2017

Dried fruit sweets with nuts

Ingredients: dried apricots, prunes, raisins, walnuts, coconut

It turns out that sweets can be healthy! Homemade sweets made from nuts and dried fruits are a vivid proof of this. Please your sweet tooth with an unusual and delicious delicacy, made by hand. They will surely appreciate your efforts and ask for more!

Ingredients:

- 1 glass of dried apricots;
- 1 glass of prunes;
- 1 glass of raisins;
- 1 glass of walnuts;
- 0.5 cups of coconut flakes.

05.11.2017

Candied pumpkin at home

Ingredients: pumpkin, lemon juice, sugar, water, cinnamon

If you do not know how to quickly and easily cook candied pumpkin fruits, then we will be happy to help you. Our recipe is very simple, in which pumpkin slices are baked in the oven, saving you time. And the spices make the taste of this dessert unforgettable!
Ingredients:

- pumpkin - 0.5 kg;
- lemon juice - 2-3 tablespoons;
- sugar - 0.2 kg;
- water - 0.3 kg;
- ground cinnamon - 2 tsp

27.08.2017

Recipe for plum compote for a 3 liter jar

Ingredients: plum, sugar

In winter, sometimes "ours", and not overseas ripe fruits and berries are so lacking ... Therefore, the hostesses prepare canned compotes... It turns out very delicious drink and juicy fruits that both children and adults will eat with pleasure.

Ingredients plum compote:

- 800 g plums;
- 250 g of sugar;
- boiled water.

11.03.2017

Chestnuts in honey caramel

Ingredients: chestnuts, vanilla, honey, salt, bay leaf

In French cuisine, there is a recipe for an amazing dessert - glazed chestnuts. But their preparation is very laborious and time consuming. We decided to offer you an alternative - chestnuts with honey.

Products for the recipe:

- chestnuts - 20 pcs.,
- vanilla - 1 pod,
- bay leaf - 1 pc.,
- 10 g of salt,
- 50 g of honey,
- a quarter glass of water.

07.02.2017

Lean banana pancakes with coconut syrup

Ingredients: bananas, flour, coconut milk, cinnamon, sugar, vanilla, yeast

Today I want to describe to you unusual recipe American pancakes. We will cook lean banana pancakes without using milk. We will also prepare delicious coconut syrup for pancakes.

Ingredients:

- banana - 2 pcs.,
- flour - 4 tablespoons,
- yeast - 1 tsp,
- cinnamon - to taste,
- sunflower oil- for frying,
- coconut milk - 600 ml.,
- rice flour- 30 gr.,
- sugar - 90 gr.,
- vanilla to taste.

14.01.2017

Lenten cake

Ingredients: beets, sugar, flour, butter, nuts, cocoa, soda, vinegar, cinnamon, dried apricots, raisins, honey, apples, candied fruits

I constantly cook this lean cake, since all my household cannot live without flour. The cake recipe is very simple. But that's not all, the most delicious thing in this cake is the cream, the taste of which cannot be explained in words, the taste is divine.

Ingredients:

- 200 grams of beets;
- 160 grams of sugar;
- 235 grams of wheat flour;
- 40 ml. vegetable oil;
- 80 grams of walnuts;
- 15 grams of cocoa powder;
- 5 grams of baking soda;
- 15 ml. vinegar 9%;
- cinnamon, star anise, nutmeg, salt,
- 150 grams of dried apricots;
- 50 grams of raisins;
- 30 grams of honey;
- 70 grams of apples;
- 50 grams of candied fruits.

For those with a sweet tooth, fasting is not sweet. It is more difficult for them to give up their favorite delicacies than from any meat and dairy pleasures. That's when lean sweets come to the rescue, the recipes of which we will discuss.

Oat benefits

What sweets can you eat during Lent? Oatmeal cookies, because it is so tasty and healthy! Mix 50 ml of vegetable oil, 80 g of sugar, ½ tsp each. cloves, ginger, cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg and salt. Enter 1 tsp. soda, extinguished 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice, 180 g ground oatmeal, 100 g flour and 5 tbsp. l. water. Knead the dough, make cookies and bake for 25 minutes at 200 ° C. Add pineapple pieces to the dough and the taste will sparkle with tropical notes.

Honey dreams

The traditional fasting sweetness is honey. We heat a mixture of 250 g of sugar, 250 ml of water, 100 ml of vegetable oil and 2 tbsp. l. honey. When the sugar dissolves, add 2 tbsp. l. cocoa, 1 tsp. baking powder, cinnamon and vanilla to taste. We introduce 320 g of flour, 80 g of crushed nuts, 80 g of steamed raisins and knead a thick dough. Fill a baking dish with it and put it in the oven for 40 minutes at 180 ° C. Lubricate the gingerbread with jam, and the sweets will be delighted.

Apples in feather bed

Have a sweet tooth while fasting? Prepare apple charlotte no eggs. Combine 200 g of applesauce, 150 ml orange juice, ¼ h. L. cinnamon, a pinch of vanilla and salt. Pour 200 g of flour and semolina, 100 g of sugar and beat the dough with a mixer. Put half in a baking dish, sprinkle generously with apple slices and cover with the other half of the dough. Bake charlotte for 30 minutes at 180 ° C. This ruddy cake will bring immense joy to everyone.

Poppy miracle

Poppy seed roll was created for a lean menu. We dilute 50 g of yeast in 400 ml of warm water, stir in 400 g of flour and let the dough rise. We introduce another 600 g of flour, 180 ml of vegetable oil, a pinch of salt, knead the dough and keep it warm for 2 hours. Cook 200 g of poppy seeds with 6 tbsp. l. honey 15 minutes. Roll out a rectangle 1 cm thick from the dough, lay out the poppy, 2 bananas and an orange in cubes, roll up the roll. Lubricate it with strong black tea and bake for 30 minutes at 200 ° C. You can decorate the roll with fondant made from water and powdered sugar.

Funny muffins

Carrot muffins with dates are a delicious lean sweetness. Purée 150 g pitted dates with 50 ml carrot juice. Add 200 ml olive oil, 300 ml of carrot juice, 400 g of flour and 1 tsp. baking powder. Pour in 100 g of nuts, knead the dough and fill the muffin molds. Lubricate them with 70 g icing sugar, 1 tbsp. l. boiling water and 1 tsp. lemon juice and bake for 40 minutes at 180 ° C. These muffins are convenient to take with you to work or for a walk with children.

Rosy sun

Pancakes are perfectly acceptable on a lean menu. In a deep bowl, mix 200 g of flour, 400 ml of orange juice, orange zest, 30 ml of vegetable oil, 4 tbsp. l. sugar and ¼ tsp. ground ginger. Beat the dough with a mixer, pour in 130 ml of boiling water with ½ tsp. soda and mix again. And then we fry the pancakes in a preheated pan with vegetable oil. Drizzle with honey or maple syrup for a great lean dessert.

Tales of the East

Perfect for sweet in fasting halva, made by yourself. We take 400 g of different nuts, 100 g of peeled pumpkin seeds and fry in a dry frying pan. Grind them into crumbs with a blender, put 200 g of raisins and continue to grind. Pour in 300 g of liquid honey, 3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil and mix. We fill a baking sheet with this mass and let it freeze. No other halva can be compared with such a beautiful and tasty halva.

Crispy citrus

Do not rush to throw out the orange peels - they will turn out to be excellent. Cut the peel of 2 oranges into strips, soak in water for a day to remove the bitterness. Ideally, you should change it 5-6 times. We heat 200 ml of water, dissolve 200 g of sugar in it and pour out the crusts. Cook them for 30 minutes from the moment of boiling, put them on parchment paper and wait until the sweet crust hardens. This delicacy will charge good mood and vitamins.

Health candy

Candy is easy to turn into a healthy sweetness while fasting. Brown 100 g cashews in a dry frying pan and grind into flour. Soak 70 g of raisins in boiling water for 10 minutes, 200 g of dried apricots and pitted dates each. We pass dried fruits through a meat grinder, combine with cashews and sculpt small balls. Dip them in sesame seeds and cool for a couple of hours. Such candies are pure benefits.

Harmony of fruits

Perhaps the lightest lean dessert is a fruit smoothie. Peel and dice large ripe banana, pear and kiwi. Combine them with 150 g of thawed blueberries and beat with a blender in mashed potatoes. Pour in 150 ml of coconut or almond milk, put 4 tbsp. l. flax seeds, 1 tbsp. l. honey and mix. Instead of lean milk you can take fruit juice - the taste of the smoothie will become even more interesting.

We hope these sweets will add to your treasury of delicious recipes during your fast. The Lenten menu, whatever you say, should be varied and interesting. What desserts do you cook yourself? Share your good finds in the comments. Fasting is also very easy with frozen vegetable and fruit mixes. With them you can cook a wide variety of dishes: stews, baked vegetables, soups, vegetable casseroles as well as lungs and delicious desserts with berries and fruits. Delicious post!